This week in The Bugle’s View, we want to do something reporters are not supposed to do.

We want to talk about ourselves.

We think it’s an important time to remind you, our readers, about why exactly we do what we do.

Plain and simple, our job is to tell the stories of our community.

It is to make sure you, our readers, are properly informed about what is happening all around town.

Just in the last two weeks, The Bugle has been at its best doing an extensive job reporting on local issues, big and small.

Cassandra Zaucer helped the parents of Shellharbour Anglican College voice their concerns about unsafe and overcrowded school buses.

Brendon Foye covered the decision of Blue Float Energy not to establish its South Pacific Offshore Wind Project off the coast of Kiama.

While our new General Manager, Belle Woods, made the news herself when she covered her own run in with a Triton Ute at the entrance to Blowhole Point (you will be pleased to know Belle is getting better by the day).

Stories like these matter to our special and close-knit community. And it is thanks to our frank and fearless reporters for facilitating this.

We have also launched The Bugle’s View to build on this reporting, by starting conversations about the issues that matter and asking tough questions to address them.

That is why we have brought you The Bugle’s View on issues like the cost of living, the cost of housing and how we can turn parts of our town into greater tourist destination hot spots to ensure job security and opportunities for our youth and community.

Rest assured; we are certainly not going to stop now.

We are going to redouble our efforts and keep going, because we know that is what you, our readers, expect.

Try as we might, we also acknowledge that we cannot be everywhere at once. As such, we invite you to continue write to us - to make sure that we cover the issues that matter to the community, no matter how big or small.

It is important to remember that you, our readers, also happen to be our family, friends, neighbours, and fellow community members.

We are proud to be your Bugle.